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Well The Inland dump bucket has been going about 6 weeks now, maybe longer i cant remember when i actually started the tank up. Anyhow they gave me two seed screens when they closed to get it going, both covered in purple algae. I was using CFL lighting but they lamps had a date on them from 2011 so i decided to change to using a mars aqua 165W i just bought off of ebay. Within days GHA growth was explosive. I have been cleaning the screen weekly and it is overgrowing the old purple agae and will probably kill it off within the month.

I read through Turbos website on a DIY vertical style so i could get rid of the constant dumping noise. Found a DIY article on making a verticle scrubber out of PVC plywood. Ordered the Red and blue LEDS from Steves LEDS and have had it up an running for around 5 days, once again im not good at not taking so i dont know exactly how long it has been in operation. But it has gotten very good growth in a short time frame using a small seed screen of GHS from my dump bucket ATS. Once I feel confident that the vertical is adequate I will remove the dump bucket from operation.

The tank is fairly new but the Scrubbers have been keeping my levels at very good levels. Last nights readings were Alk 11.6 down from 12.5. Nitrate nitrite and ammonia at 0. The only issue Ive had has been phosphates from using tap water. I was at a .86 and it wouldn't drop until i changed to the mars Aqua. That dropped it to a .56 over a couple weeks. Two days ago I added GFO which dropped it to .21 overnight. I am hoping that within a week my phosphates are down to SPS coral levels.

Here are some pics of my DIY adventure. One thing i found very interesting is on the dump bucket scrubber the edge of the Mars Aqua LED the Alga quits growing almost in an exact perfect line. Definitely dependent on lighting for growth

I keep getting a dark red/brown algae growing on my screen.. it always has a white foam like consistency on the inside... anyone have an idea what this stuff may be... it always seems to appear a day or 2 before I clean my screen off..

Pictures are from yesterday... and also from a few weeks ago when my whole screen was covered by this stuff..and the white foam on the inside was about 1/2 inch thick.. it also has a pretty solid consistency

I keep getting a dark red/brown algae growing on my screen.. it always has a white foam like consistency on the inside... anyone have an idea what this stuff may be... it always seems to appear a day or 2 before I clean my screen off..

Pictures are from yesterday... and also from a few weeks ago when my whole screen was covered by this stuff..and the white foam on the inside was about 1/2 inch thick.. it also has a pretty solid consistency

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Originally Posted by Gogandantess

"I'm totally frustrated by this disease. My display has been fallow for 2 months now. If ich happened to mysteriously appear again, I'm giving up and going back to African Cichilds."

I'm running mine about 13 hours a day and am starting to see a small patch of cyano in the tank. Should I up my time to closer to 18 hours? I have a crazy amount of flow and really don't feed much but I did just try out the eBay hailide bulb so on 1 side of my tank where the algae is. So it could be the bulb possibly

The scrubber is growing great. I clean it about every 14 days and it grows pretty thick. Nutrient levels are N03 5-10, P04 .018. Reference to flow was in the tank. I'm getting about 350,400gph on the scrubber. The thing rocks!!! I don't feed a whole lot, Ehiem auto feeder for 2 turns per day, decent sized pinch per turn, frozen cube 2-3 times a week and I haveabout 30 fish in the tank,

The scrubber is growing great. I clean it about every 14 days and it grows pretty thick. Nutrient levels are N03 5-10, P04 .018. Reference to flow was in the tank. I'm getting about 350,400gph on the scrubber. The thing rocks!!! I don't feed a whole lot, Ehiem auto feeder for 2 turns per day, decent sized pinch per turn, frozen cube 2-3 times a week and I haveabout 30 fish in the tank,